TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agoDo you think there will be a point where the world stops letting violent aggressors get what they want or is that ingrained into society?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareDo you think there will be a point where the world stops letting violent aggressors get what they want or is that ingrained into society?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoViolent aggression per se (carrying around a big club and using it to bonk anyone who put up resistance) hasn’t worked in quite a while. These days it’s more about propaganda.
minus-squarealaphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoIsn’t that arguably only because modern governments maintain a “monopoly on violence,” essentially?
Violent aggression per se (carrying around a big club and using it to bonk anyone who put up resistance) hasn’t worked in quite a while. These days it’s more about propaganda.
Isn’t that arguably only because modern governments maintain a “monopoly on violence,” essentially?